IC 513
IC 513
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 513 as it looked roughly 281 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 2377Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 2403Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2583Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 2584Barred spiral58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2403Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 2674Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 2583Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 2754Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 2584Barred spiral58 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).