IC 562
IC 562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 562 as it looked roughly 226 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 550Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3064Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3110Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3035Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3039Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3064Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3110Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3035Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3039Spiral26 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).