IC 1861
IC 1861
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1861 as it looked roughly 312 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 1057Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 1838Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 819Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 1088 NED01Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1809Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1847Galaxy60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1838Spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 819Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 1088 NED01Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1809Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1847Galaxy60 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).