IC 1639
IC 1639
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1639 as it looked roughly 251 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 430Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 426Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 1640Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 359Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1643Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 426Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 1640Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 359Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 391Elliptical8.6 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).