IC 1680
IC 1680
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1680 as it looked roughly 206 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 499Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1682Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular9.6 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).