IC 1566
IC 1566
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
567 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 567 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1566 as it looked roughly 567 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 1568Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 190 NED01Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 240Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 190 NED02Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1569Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 190 NED01Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 240Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 190 NED02Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1569Lenticular29 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).