IC 554
IC 554
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 554 as it looked roughly 314 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 2958Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2984Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 585Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 565 NED01Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 2941Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2984Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 585Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 557Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 565 NED01Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 2941Lenticular44 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).