IC 1673
IC 1673
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1673 as it looked roughly 237 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 468Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 1688Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 1675Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1688Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 1675Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular5.2 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).