IC 1501
IC 1501
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1501 as it looked roughly 242 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 7701Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 7700Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 1496Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7692Irregular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7700Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 1496Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7692Irregular11 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).