IC 1789
IC 1789
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1789 as it looked roughly 223 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 1785Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartIC 1784Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 978AElliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1784Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 978AElliptical14 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).