IC 50
IC 50
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 50 as it looked roughly 281 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 48Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 191Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 191ALenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 191Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 191ALenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical13 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).