IC 1858
IC 1858
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1858 as it looked roughly 282 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 1859Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1862Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular41 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).