IC 144
IC 144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
566 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 566 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 144 as it looked roughly 566 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 141Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 617Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 647Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 734Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 1738Barred spiral60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 617Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 647Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 734Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 1738Barred spiral60 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).