IC 1649
IC 1649
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1649 as it looked roughly 249 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 466Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 484Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 440Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 484Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 440Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular29 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).