IC 1502
IC 1502
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1502 as it looked roughly 92 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 1184Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2300Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 499Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1343Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 469Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2300Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 455Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 499Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 1343Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 469Spiral30 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).