IC 1899
IC 1899
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1899 as it looked roughly 292 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
IC 1876Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 1232ABarred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1124Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 1232ABarred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral49 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).