IC 1856
IC 1856
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1856 as it looked roughly 302 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 1104Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1094Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1016Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1008Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1094Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1016Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1008Elliptical22 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).