IC 387
IC 387
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 387 as it looked roughly 213 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 388 NED02Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 390Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1667Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2101Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 390Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 384Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1667Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 2101Barred spiral9.7 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).