IC 1829
IC 1829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
629 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 629 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1829 as it looked roughly 629 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 222Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 1841Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy68 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical96 million ly
apartIC 1834Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1841Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy68 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical96 million ly
apartIC 1834Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral130 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).