IC 1675
IC 1675
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1675 as it looked roughly 238 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 515Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 1673Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartIC 1688Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 536Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1673Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartIC 1688Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 536Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular6.4 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).