IC 588
IC 588
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 588 as it looked roughly 326 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 3117Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 590 NED02Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 3015Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2937Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 3086Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 594Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 590 NED02Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 3015Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2937Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 3086Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 594Barred spiral36 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).