IC 589
IC 589
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
492 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 492 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 589 as it looked roughly 492 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 614Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 608Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 579Barred spiral73 million ly
apartNGC 3139Lenticular79 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral84 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 608Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 579Barred spiral73 million ly
apartNGC 3139Lenticular79 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral84 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).