IC 581
IC 581
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 581 as it looked roughly 373 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 583Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 582Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED02Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 582Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED02Lenticular27 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).