IC 524
IC 524
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 524 as it looked roughly 208 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 2662Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 546Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 546Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 2851Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 2437Elliptical38 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).