IC 1681
IC 1681
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1681 as it looked roughly 177 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 81Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 307Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 353Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 351Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 307Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 353Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 351Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral29 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).