IC 1834
IC 1834
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
651 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 651 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1834 as it looked roughly 651 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 1781Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 222Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 236Lenticular120 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 1829Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 222Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 236Lenticular120 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 1829Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral130 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).