IC 1518
IC 1518
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
535 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 535 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1518 as it looked roughly 535 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 5381Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7838Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7837Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 7835Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5319Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7838Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7837Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 7835Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5319Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular86 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).