IC 1602
IC 1602
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
764 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
240k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 764 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1602 as it looked roughly 764 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 60Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 297Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 42Spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular89 million ly
apartIC 98Galaxy89 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 297Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 42Spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular89 million ly
apartIC 98Galaxy89 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).