IC 512
IC 512
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 512 as it looked roughly 75 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 3057Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2760Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2146ASpiral12 million ly
apartIC 499Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2760Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2146ASpiral12 million ly
apartIC 499Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular13 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).