IC 1597
IC 1597
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1597 as it looked roughly 235 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 440Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 484Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 466Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 434Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 484Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 466Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1649Barred spiral19 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).