IC 373
IC 373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 373 as it looked roughly 188 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 1599Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 2080Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1607Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1627Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1611Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2080Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 372Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1607Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1627Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1611Lenticular12 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).