IC 520
IC 520
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 520 as it looked roughly 164 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 511Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2614Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2810Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2614Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2646Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2810Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2629Elliptical7.9 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).