IC 194
IC 194
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 194 as it looked roughly 297 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 197Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 867Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 800Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1756Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 856Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 867Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 800Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1756Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 856Spiral27 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).