IC 82
IC 82
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
571 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 571 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 82 as it looked roughly 571 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 78Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 79Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 417Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 284Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 285Elliptical55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 79Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 417Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 284Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 285Elliptical55 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).