IC 1534
IC 1534
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1534 as it looked roughly 242 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 1535Barred spiral500,000 ly
apartIC 1536Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 48Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 49Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 1525Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 51Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1536Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 48Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 49Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 1525Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 51Lenticular18 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).