IC 163
IC 163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 163 as it looked roughly 129 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 678Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 691Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 167Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 770Elliptical8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 680Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 691Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 167Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 770Elliptical8.8 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).