IC 1585
IC 1585
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1585 as it looked roughly 342 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 1583Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 229Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 228Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 1542Galaxy37 million ly
apartNGC 83Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 282Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 229Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 228Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 1542Galaxy37 million ly
apartNGC 83Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 282Elliptical54 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).