IC 505
IC 505
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
434 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 434 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 505 as it looked roughly 434 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 2231Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 498Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 2496Elliptical57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 498Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular54 million ly
apartNGC 2496Elliptical57 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).