IC 1690
IC 1690
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1690 as it looked roughly 213 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 1689Lenticular490,000 ly
apartNGC 483Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 571Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 542Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 483Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 571Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 542Barred spiral7.4 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).