IC 162
IC 162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 162 as it looked roughly 237 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 673Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 683Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 675Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 683Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 675Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 156Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 161Lenticular14 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).