IC 1598
IC 1598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1598 as it looked roughly 211 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 199Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 49Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 186Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 35Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 49Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 186Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 35Spiral23 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).