IC 369
IC 369
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
462 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 462 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 369 as it looked roughly 462 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 1597Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 376Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 370Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1623Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 377Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 1575Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 376Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 370Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1623Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 377Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 1575Spiral31 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).