IC 549
IC 549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
11k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 549 as it looked roughly 62 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 3044Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3156Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3165Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3166Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2775Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3156Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3165Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3166Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2775Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral9.2 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).