IC 1550
IC 1550
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1550 as it looked roughly 275 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 112Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 68Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 287Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 393Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 317BBarred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 68Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 287Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 393Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 317BBarred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5Elliptical44 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).