IC 1565
IC 1565
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
536 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
281k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 536 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1565 as it looked roughly 536 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
IC 1569Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 1566Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1568Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 240Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 141Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 1566Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1568Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 240Lenticular37 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).