IC 585
IC 585
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 585 as it looked roughly 332 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 554Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2958Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 582Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3154Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED01Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 2941Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2958Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 582Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3154Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED01Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 2941Lenticular42 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).