IC 1623B
IC 1623B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1623B as it looked roughly 284 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
NGC 369Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1670ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 93Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1622Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1670BLenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 487Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1670ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 93Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1622Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1670BLenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 487Barred spiral19 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).