IC 1549
IC 1549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
565 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
238k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 565 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1549 as it looked roughly 565 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 138Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 139Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1566Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 7835Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 190 NED01Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 141Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 139Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1566Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 7835Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 190 NED01Spiral42 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).