IC 1672
IC 1672
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1672 as it looked roughly 330 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 1659Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 282Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy48 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 315Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 503Lenticular58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 282Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy48 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 315Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 503Lenticular58 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).