IC 1670B
IC 1670B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1670B as it looked roughly 273 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 487Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 93Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 1670ABarred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular17 million ly
apartIC 1610Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 594Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 93Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 1670ABarred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 1623BIrregular17 million ly
apartIC 1610Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 594Barred spiral24 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).