IC 565 NED01
IC 565 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 565 NED01 as it looked roughly 286 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 565 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2984Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 552Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2958Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 554Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2984Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 552Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2958Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 554Lenticular34 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).