IC 1584
IC 1584
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1584 as it looked roughly 222 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 243Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 214Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 338Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 43Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 214Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 338Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular16 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).