IC 575
IC 575
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 575 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 586Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2980Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3101Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 574Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2980Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3101Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular21 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).