IC 1613

IC 1613 — galaxy, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

A faint, almost dustless irregular whose clean stellar populations make it a favourite rung on the cosmic distance ladder.

Type
Irregular dwarf (IAB(s)m)
Distance
2.5 million light-years
Note
Exceptionally dust-free — a clear window for distance work

Seeing IC 1613 in real time

IC 1613 is placed at its true position on the sky and at its real measured distance, not as a flat backdrop. Fly out from the Sun in the live 3D view and watch it change from a point of light into structure as you approach, with the scale bar showing just how far out you have travelled.

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