IC 1554
IC 1554
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1554 as it looked roughly 81 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 148Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 115Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 134Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 115Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 134Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral9.4 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).