IC 1885
IC 1885
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1885 as it looked roughly 222 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 1165Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 1904Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1288Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1906Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1833Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1904Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1288Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1906Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1833Lenticular29 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).