IC 1997
IC 1997
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1997 as it looked roughly 254 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 2017Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 2010Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2010Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1490Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral31 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).