IC 1946
IC 1946
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
542 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 542 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1946 as it looked roughly 542 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 1958Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1936Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1947Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1950Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1356Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1968Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1936Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1947Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1950Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1356Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1968Spiral24 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).