IC 1873
IC 1873
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
427 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 427 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1873 as it looked roughly 427 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
NGC 1111Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 1109Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 1115Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 1218Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 1127Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1857Spiral46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1109Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 1115Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 1218Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 1127Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1857Spiral46 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).