IC 1631
IC 1631
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1631 as it looked roughly 435 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 368Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 1594Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 348Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 1603Spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 238Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 1594Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 348Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 1603Spiral67 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).