IC 565 NED02
IC 565 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 565 NED02 as it looked roughly 272 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 NED01Galaxy14 million ly
apartIC 552Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2984Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 548Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3070Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 552Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2984Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 548Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 3070Elliptical35 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).