IC 1544
IC 1544
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1544 as it looked roughly 266 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 80Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1548Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy6.2 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).