IC 195
IC 195
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 195 as it looked roughly 170 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 196Spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 1774Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 781Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1774Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 781Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular13 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).