IC 1528
IC 1528
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1528 as it looked roughly 179 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 151Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 114Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 124Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 120Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 217Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 114Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 124Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 120Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 217Barred spiral31 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).