IC 1906
IC 1906
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1906 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
IC 1885Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1288Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1904Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 964Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1165Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1288Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1904Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 964Spiral37 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).