IC 1695
IC 1695
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
701 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
375k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 701 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1695 as it looked roughly 701 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 102Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy57 million ly
apartNGC 486Galaxy58 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy76 million ly
apartNGC 475Elliptical94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 492Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy57 million ly
apartNGC 486Galaxy58 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy76 million ly
apartNGC 475Elliptical94 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).