IC 1522
IC 1522
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1522 as it looked roughly 302 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
NGC 7787Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7739Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7738Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 5351Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1504Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1515Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7739Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7738Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 5351Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1504Barred spiral27 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).