IC 1594
IC 1594
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
388 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 388 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1594 as it looked roughly 388 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 1603Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 368Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1617Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 368Lenticular42 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).