IC 1875
IC 1875
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1875 as it looked roughly 283 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 1217Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1810Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1862Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1810Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral47 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).