IC 1901
IC 1901
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1901 as it looked roughly 248 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 305Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartIC 1900Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 304Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1227Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1267Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1900Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 304Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1227Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1874Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1267Elliptical19 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).