IC 1536
IC 1536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1536 as it looked roughly 240 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 1534Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 1535Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 48Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 49Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 1525Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 51Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1535Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 48Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 49Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 1525Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 51Lenticular20 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).