IC 528
IC 528
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 528 as it looked roughly 179 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 2730Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2745Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2874Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2741Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2745Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2673Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2874Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2747Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 2741Spiral19 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).