IC 1581
IC 1581
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
528 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 528 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1581 as it looked roughly 528 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 1600Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1582Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 427Barred spiral93 million ly
apartNGC 378Spiral96 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular96 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1582Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 427Barred spiral93 million ly
apartNGC 378Spiral96 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular96 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).