IC 1558
IC 1558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABm
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1558 as it looked roughly 72 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 150Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 216Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1555Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 216Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7Spiral9.7 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).