IC 657
IC 657
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 657 as it looked roughly 455 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 627Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 631Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 702Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 614Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 693Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 626Elliptical74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 631Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 702Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 614Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 693Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 626Elliptical74 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).