IC 55
IC 55
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 55 as it looked roughly 244 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 250Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 332Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 1592Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 257Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 332Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 1592Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral15 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).