IC 1620
IC 1620
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
533 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 533 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1620 as it looked roughly 533 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 1645Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1646Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 62Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 57Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 511Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1646Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 62Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 57Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 511Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral49 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).