IC 595
IC 595
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 595 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
NGC 3130Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3186Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 578Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 577Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2562Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3019Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3186Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 578Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 577Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2562Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3019Spiral42 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).