IC 658
IC 658
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
485 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 485 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 658 as it looked roughly 485 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 3477Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3476Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3490Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 664Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3466Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 663Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3476Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3490Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 664Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3466Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 663Elliptical28 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).