IC 670
IC 670
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 670 as it looked roughly 406 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 669Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 2637Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3601Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2637Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2634Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3601Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral38 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).