IC 1582
IC 1582
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
494 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 494 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1582 as it looked roughly 494 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 1581Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1600Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 378Spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular82 million ly
apartNGC 427Barred spiral84 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1599Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1600Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 378Spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular82 million ly
apartNGC 427Barred spiral84 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).