IC 1648
IC 1648
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1648 as it looked roughly 257 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 447Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 407Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 407Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral7.4 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).