IC 1568
IC 1568
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
571 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
191k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 571 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1568 as it looked roughly 571 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 1566Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 190 NED01Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 240Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 190 NED02Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 139Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 190 NED01Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 240Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 190 NED02Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 139Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral32 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).