IC 184
IC 184
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 184 as it looked roughly 251 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
NGC 790Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 748Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 809Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 748Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular13 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).