IC 1592
IC 1592
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1592 as it looked roughly 242 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 332Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 55Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 74Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 55Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 74Elliptical17 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).