IC 1865
IC 1865
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
372 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 372 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1865 as it looked roughly 372 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 1868Galaxy5.3 million ly
apartIC 1867Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1867Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral26 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).