IC 1698
IC 1698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
166k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1698 as it looked roughly 306 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 1706Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1704Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 107Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 476Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 463Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1704Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 107Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 476Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 463Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral34 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).