IC 1849
IC 1849
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1849 as it looked roughly 374 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 1865Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1868Galaxy14 million ly
apartIC 1867Galaxy19 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1116Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1868Galaxy14 million ly
apartIC 1867Galaxy19 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 1116Spiral31 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).