IC 1496
IC 1496
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1496 as it looked roughly 241 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 7701Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 7700Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1501Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7692Irregular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7700Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1501Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7692Irregular12 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).