IC 1696
IC 1696
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1696 as it looked roughly 271 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 1693Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 564Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 119Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 126Galaxy7.6 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 557Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 564Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 119Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 126Galaxy7.6 million ly
apartIC 1705Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 557Lenticular9.6 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).