IC 1540
IC 1540
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1540 as it looked roughly 271 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 1544Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy8.0 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 85BBarred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy8.0 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular9.9 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).