IC 158
IC 158
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
731 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 731 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 158 as it looked roughly 731 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 108Spiral99 million ly
apartIC 118Elliptical99 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 98Galaxy110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 118Elliptical99 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 98Galaxy110 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).