IC 1637
IC 1637
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1637 as it looked roughly 283 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 418Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1616Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 439Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1616Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular24 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).