IC 586
IC 586
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
280 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 280 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 586 as it looked roughly 280 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 575Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 574Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical20 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).