IC 164
IC 164
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 164 as it looked roughly 244 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 748Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 790Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 790Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular21 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).