IC 1618
IC 1618
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1618 as it looked roughly 220 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 1619Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 414 NED01Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 1638Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 392Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 414 NED01Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 1638Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy7.0 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).