IC 1576
IC 1576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
763 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 763 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1576 as it looked roughly 763 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 1588Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1573Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1587Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 343Spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 377Barred spiral94 million ly
apartNGC 276Spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1573Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1587Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 343Spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 377Barred spiral94 million ly
apartNGC 276Spiral120 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).