IC 1635
IC 1635
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
877 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
293k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 877 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1635 as it looked roughly 877 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 475Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1695Elliptical220 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular230 million ly
apartNGC 326 NED01Elliptical240 million ly
apartNGC 870Galaxy250 million ly
apartIC 88Barred spiral270 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1695Elliptical220 million ly
apartIC 102Lenticular230 million ly
apartNGC 326 NED01Elliptical240 million ly
apartNGC 870Galaxy250 million ly
apartIC 88Barred spiral270 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).