IC 1595
IC 1595
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1595 as it looked roughly 338 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 322Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 319Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1630Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 319Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1630Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical27 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).