IC 1975
IC 1975
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
483 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 483 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1975 as it looked roughly 483 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 326Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1368Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 1413Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 1372Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 317Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1368Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 1413Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 1372Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 317Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 328Spiral49 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).