IC 1545
IC 1545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1545 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 1543Barred spiral1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 80Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular6.3 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).