IC 1506
IC 1506
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
447 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 447 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1506 as it looked roughly 447 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 1500Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5375Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5374Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7797Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7629Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 7674Barred spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5375Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5374Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7797Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7629Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 7674Barred spiral56 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).