IC 1821 NED01
IC 1821 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
563 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 563 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1821 NED01 as it looked roughly 563 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 222Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 1829Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 1780Lenticular100 million ly
apartIC 1832Lenticular110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1829Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 1780Lenticular100 million ly
apartIC 1832Lenticular110 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).