IC 1920
IC 1920
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
849 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 849 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1920 as it looked roughly 849 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 1945Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 1964Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 1974Spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1951Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 1964Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 1974Spiral70 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).