IC 1562
IC 1562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1562 as it looked roughly 177 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 167Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 177Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 168Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 1601Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 177Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 168Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 1601Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral15 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).