IC 1802
IC 1802
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1802 as it looked roughly 448 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 1803Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 1804Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 1807Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1804Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 1807Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical33 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).