IC 1864
IC 1864
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1864 as it looked roughly 209 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 1885Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1813Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1288Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1904Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1811Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1813Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1288Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1904Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1811Barred spiral24 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).