IC 552
IC 552
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 552 as it looked roughly 270 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 548Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2984Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 565 NED02Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3070Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 584Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 557Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2984Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 565 NED02Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3070Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 584Spiral28 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).