IC 1517
IC 1517
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1517 as it looked roughly 337 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 1516Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 5359Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5357Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7787Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5359Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5357Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7787Lenticular27 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).