IC 384
IC 384
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 384 as it looked roughly 218 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 390Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1648Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1614Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 388 NED02Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 387Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1648Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1614Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 388 NED02Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical7.9 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).