IC 1826
IC 1826
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1826 as it looked roughly 66 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 1079Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1097AElliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1097Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1097AElliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1097Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral10 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).