IC 1913
IC 1913
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1913 as it looked roughly 68 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 1336Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 1339Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1351Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1399Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1326Lenticular6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1339Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1351Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1399Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1351ABarred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1326Lenticular6.1 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).