IC 1839
IC 1839
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1839 as it looked roughly 349 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 255Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1088 NED01Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1117Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1116Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1838Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1817 NED01Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1088 NED01Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1117Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1116Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1838Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1817 NED01Spiral30 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).