IC 574
IC 574
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 574 as it looked roughly 288 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 586Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 575Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3007Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3022Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 575Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3007Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical22 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).