IC 1603
IC 1603
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
370 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 370 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1603 as it looked roughly 370 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 1594Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1595Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1595Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1605Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral39 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).