IC 1521
IC 1521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
403 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 403 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1521 as it looked roughly 403 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 7808Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 38Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 7813Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 61ALenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 61BLenticular41 million ly
apartIC 1520Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 38Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 7813Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 61ALenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 61BLenticular41 million ly
apartIC 1520Spiral53 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).