IC 576
IC 576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
562 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 562 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 576 as it looked roughly 562 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 3080Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 569Elliptical77 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED01Irregular110 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular120 million ly
apartNGC 2864Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 620Barred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 569Elliptical77 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED01Irregular110 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular120 million ly
apartNGC 2864Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 620Barred spiral120 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).