IC 1640
IC 1640
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
14k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1640 as it looked roughly 258 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 442Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 429Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 359Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 429Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 1643Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 430Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 1639Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 359Elliptical12 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).