IC 1564
IC 1564
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1564 as it looked roughly 245 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 203Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 194Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 180Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 194Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral14 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).