IC 1669
IC 1669
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1669 as it looked roughly 266 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 1668Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 1692Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 431Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 1692Lenticular8.9 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).