IC 583
IC 583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 583 as it looked roughly 369 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 581Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 582Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED02Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 582Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED02Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 570Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 572Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral33 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).