IC 558
IC 558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
434 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 434 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 558 as it looked roughly 434 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
IC 2498Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2505Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2506Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2495Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2521Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 2981Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2505Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2506Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2495Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2521Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 2981Spiral52 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).