IC 1868
IC 1868
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
368 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 368 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1868 as it looked roughly 368 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 1865Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 1867Galaxy8.0 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1867Galaxy8.0 million ly
apartIC 1863Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral21 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).