IC 1531
IC 1531
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1531 as it looked roughly 358 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 10Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7812Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 5362Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 5354Elliptical53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7812Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 5362Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 5354Elliptical53 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).