IC 1807
IC 1807
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
428 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 428 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1807 as it looked roughly 428 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 1804Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1802Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 235Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1802Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 235Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical41 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).