IC 1638
IC 1638
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1638 as it looked roughly 222 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 414 NED01Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 443Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 443Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 449Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 387Elliptical6.1 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).