IC 1697
IC 1697
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
400 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 400 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1697 as it looked roughly 400 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 497Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 103Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 109Lenticular55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 121Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 103Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 109Lenticular55 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).