IC 1616
IC 1616
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1616 as it looked roughly 265 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 418Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 320Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 441Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 320Lenticular32 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).