IC 570
IC 570
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 570 as it looked roughly 393 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 572Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 568Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 581Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2943Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 571Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 568Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 581Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2943Elliptical24 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).