IC 1860
IC 1860
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
246k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1860 as it looked roughly 320 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 1862Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1876Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular50 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).