IC 159
IC 159
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 159 as it looked roughly 183 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 731Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 806Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 183Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 806Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 183Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral19 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).