IC 1693
IC 1693
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1693 as it looked roughly 274 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 1696Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 119Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 564Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 577Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 126Galaxy11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 119Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 564Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 577Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 126Galaxy11 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).