IC 1657
IC 1657
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1657 as it looked roughly 168 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 491ASpiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 424Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 438Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1724Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1608Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 424Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 438Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1724Lenticular22 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).