IC 1614
IC 1614
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
206k ly
across
17.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 1614 as it looked roughly 1.1 billion 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 1635Elliptical380 million ly
apartNGC 933Barred spiral430 million ly
apartNGC 7745Galaxy450 million ly
apartNGC 326 NED01Elliptical480 million ly
apartNGC 475Elliptical490 million ly
apartIC 1676Elliptical500 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 933Barred spiral430 million ly
apartNGC 7745Galaxy450 million ly
apartNGC 326 NED01Elliptical480 million ly
apartNGC 475Elliptical490 million ly
apartIC 1676Elliptical500 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).