IC 1687
IC 1687
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1687 as it looked roughly 231 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 501Elliptical700,000 ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 1688Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 507Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 1688Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral5.6 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).