IC 597
IC 597
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 597 as it looked roughly 229 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 3110Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3064Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3142Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 624Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 599Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3064Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3142Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 624Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral27 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).