IC 1694
IC 1694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1694 as it looked roughly 227 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 521Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 535Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 84Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 558Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 535Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 84Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 558Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular16 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).