IC 56
IC 56
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 56 as it looked roughly 284 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 58Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 166Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 50Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 166Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral24 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).