IC 546
IC 546
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 546 as it looked roughly 199 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 2924Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 537Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2989Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 537Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical26 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).