IC 1682
IC 1682
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1682 as it looked roughly 203 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 499Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 517Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1680Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 517Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular9.2 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).