IC 1510 NED02
IC 1510 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
982 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 982 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1510 NED02 as it looked roughly 982 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 1510 NED01Galaxy420,000 ly
apartNGC 7809Irregular100 million ly
apartIC 1523Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral210 million ly
apartIC 29Elliptical240 million ly
apartIC 30Lenticular250 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7809Irregular100 million ly
apartIC 1523Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral210 million ly
apartIC 29Elliptical240 million ly
apartIC 30Lenticular250 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).