IC 183
IC 183
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 183 as it looked roughly 182 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 209Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 731Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 842Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 829Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 788Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 731Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 842Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 829Barred spiral13 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).