IC 1688
IC 1688
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1688 as it looked roughly 236 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 515Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 1673Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 468Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1691Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 1673Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 468Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical4.9 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).