IC 1625
IC 1625
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
166k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1625 as it looked roughly 317 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 1630Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 319Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 322Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1595Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1674Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 319Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 322Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1595Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1674Barred spiral29 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).