IC 1973
IC 1973
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
497 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 497 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1973 as it looked roughly 497 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 1978Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1989Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1968Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1500Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2018Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1950Spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1989Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1968Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 1500Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2018Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1950Spiral39 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).