IC 673
IC 673
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 673 as it looked roughly 179 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 3434Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3660Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 651Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3711Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 741Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 3559Barred spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3660Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 651Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3711Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 741Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 3559Barred spiral45 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).