IC 671
IC 671
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
551 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 551 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 671 as it looked roughly 551 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 662Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 661Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 655Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 649 NED02Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 649 NED01Barred spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 661Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 660Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 655Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 649 NED02Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 649 NED01Barred spiral41 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).