IC 1630
IC 1630
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1630 as it looked roughly 321 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 1625Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 1633Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 319Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 322Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1595Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1674Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1633Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 319Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 322Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1595Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1674Barred spiral28 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).