IC 1823
IC 1823
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1823 as it looked roughly 242 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 1060Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 973Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1093Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 917Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 940Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 973Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1093Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 917Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral17 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).