IC 1897
IC 1897
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1897 as it looked roughly 230 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 1238Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1215Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1295Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1215Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1214Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1295Lenticular16 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).