IC 1898
IC 1898
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1898 as it looked roughly 62 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 1187Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1258Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1306Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1390Lenticular8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1331Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1258Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1306Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1390Lenticular8.8 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).