IC 359
IC 359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 359 as it looked roughly 183 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 1465Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1615Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 374Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 1272Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 1213Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1615Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 374Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 1272Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 1213Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 1334Barred spiral56 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).