IC 1689
IC 1689
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1689 as it looked roughly 212 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 1690Lenticular490,000 ly
apartNGC 483Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 571Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 499Elliptical7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 483Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 571Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 499Elliptical7.3 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).