IC 1543
IC 1543
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1543 as it looked roughly 263 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 1545Galaxy1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 80Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular7.2 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).