IC 1628
IC 1628
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1628 as it looked roughly 234 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 597Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1616Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 418Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1616Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 418Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical37 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).