IC 1715
IC 1715
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1715 as it looked roughly 195 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 471Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 469Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1702Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1721Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 716Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 469Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1702Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1721Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 716Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular29 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).