IC 1676
IC 1676
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
644 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 644 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1676 as it looked roughly 644 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 64Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 326 NED01Elliptical73 million ly
apartIC 1735Lenticular130 million ly
apartIC 115Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 189Barred spiral140 million ly
apartNGC 459Barred spiral150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 326 NED01Elliptical73 million ly
apartIC 1735Lenticular130 million ly
apartIC 115Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 189Barred spiral140 million ly
apartNGC 459Barred spiral150 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).