IC 499
IC 499
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 499 as it looked roughly 88 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 455Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2300Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 469Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2732Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 512Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 467Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2300Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 469Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2732Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 512Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 467Spiral13 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).