IC 548
IC 548
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 548 as it looked roughly 261 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 552Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3070Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 584Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3069Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2900Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3070Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 584Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3069Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2900Barred spiral28 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).