IC 506
IC 506
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
384 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 384 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 506 as it looked roughly 384 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 521Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2231Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 2420Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 505Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2231Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 2420Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 505Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular65 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).