IC 1815
IC 1815
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1815 as it looked roughly 219 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 978AElliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 983Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 978BLenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 983Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral10 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).