IC 1692
IC 1692
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1692 as it looked roughly 259 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 494Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 508Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 566Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 508Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 566Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy8.9 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).