IC 60
IC 60
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
802 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
242k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 802 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 60 as it looked roughly 802 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 333BLenticular50 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 42Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 38Spiral67 million ly
apartIC 77Lenticular69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1602Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 42Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 38Spiral67 million ly
apartIC 77Lenticular69 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).