IC 1608
IC 1608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1608 as it looked roughly 165 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 1657Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 424Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 438Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 174Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 424Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 438Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 174Lenticular20 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).