IC 1659
IC 1659
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1659 as it looked roughly 319 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
IC 1672Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 282Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy37 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 315Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 503Lenticular47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 282Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy37 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 315Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 503Lenticular47 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).