IC 48
IC 48
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 48 as it looked roughly 284 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 191ALenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 191Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 191Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular17 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).