IC 1647
IC 1647
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1647 as it looked roughly 293 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 425Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 393Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 477Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 393Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 477Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral34 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).