IC 1552
IC 1552
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1552 as it looked roughly 261 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 109Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy9.4 million ly
apartIC 1543Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1545Galaxy9.4 million ly
apartIC 1543Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular11 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).