IC 1683
IC 1683
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1683 as it looked roughly 226 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 512Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 523Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 529Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 528Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 523Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 529Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 528Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical6.9 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).