IC 1516
IC 1516
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1516 as it looked roughly 343 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 1517Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 5359Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5357Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED01Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5359Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5357Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED01Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical30 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).