IC 375
IC 375
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
499 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 499 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 375 as it looked roughly 499 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 1623Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 2063Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1650Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 369Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 376Galaxy42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1597Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 2063Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1650Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 369Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 376Galaxy42 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).