IC 1862
IC 1862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
235k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1862 as it looked roughly 303 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 1860Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1217Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1875Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1858Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1217Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1875Elliptical39 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).