IC 1811
IC 1811
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1811 as it looked roughly 225 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 964Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 897Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 1813Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1816Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 897Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 1813Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1816Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral25 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).