IC 383
IC 383
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 383 as it looked roughly 382 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
IC 2057Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 365Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 1690Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 404Lenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 1875Elliptical89 million ly
apartNGC 1661Barred spiral90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 365Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 1690Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 404Lenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 1875Elliptical89 million ly
apartNGC 1661Barred spiral90 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).