IC 594
IC 594
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 594 as it looked roughly 297 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 590 NED02Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 590 NED01Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3083Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 590 NED01Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3083Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral18 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).