IC 160
IC 160
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 160 as it looked roughly 260 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 699Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 682Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 715Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 682Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 715Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy16 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).