IC 1542
IC 1542
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1542 as it looked roughly 346 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 228Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 229Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1585Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1583Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7784Elliptical42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 229Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 2Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1585Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1583Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7784Elliptical42 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).