IC 521
IC 521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
392 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 392 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 521 as it looked roughly 392 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 2420Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 523Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 505Spiral61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 506Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 523Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 505Spiral61 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).