IC 1601
IC 1601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1601 as it looked roughly 171 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 1562Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 177Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 167Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 168Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 174Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 177Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 167Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 168Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 174Lenticular21 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).