IC 1836
IC 1836
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1836 as it looked roughly 318 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 1843Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 1844Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1085Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1844Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1085Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral11 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).