IC 1668
IC 1668
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1668 as it looked roughly 267 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
IC 1669Galaxy1.3 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 1692Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 431Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 1692Lenticular10 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).