IC 169
IC 169
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
395 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 395 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 169 as it looked roughly 395 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 655Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 640Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 649Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 1667Spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 967Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 205Spiral78 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 640Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 649Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 1667Spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 967Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 205Spiral78 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).