IC 1509
IC 1509
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1509 as it looked roughly 346 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 7759Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7754Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7821Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7761Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7754Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7821Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular41 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).