IC 376
IC 376
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
458 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 458 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 376 as it looked roughly 458 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 1597Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1623Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 369Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 377Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 370Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1575Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1623Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 369Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 377Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 370Spiral28 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).