IC 187
IC 187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 187 as it looked roughly 241 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 188Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 780Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1764Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 765Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 780Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1764Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral17 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).