IC 497
IC 497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 497 as it looked roughly 196 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 2536Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2535Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2535Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral12 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).