IC 1929
IC 1929
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
618 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 618 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1929 as it looked roughly 618 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 1940Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1957Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1879Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1948Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1932Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 1987 NED02Elliptical57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1957Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1879Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1948Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1932Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 1987 NED02Elliptical57 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).