IC 1617
IC 1617
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1617 as it looked roughly 376 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 312Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 323Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1594Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1650Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1615Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 323Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1594Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1650Barred spiral35 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).