IC 1904
IC 1904
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1904 as it looked roughly 216 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 1288Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 1885Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1906Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1833Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1885Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1906Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1833Lenticular33 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).