IC 534
IC 534
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 534 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
NGC 2858Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2765Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2729Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2917Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2765Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2716Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2723Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2729Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2917Lenticular20 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).