IC 29
IC 29
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
835 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 835 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 29 as it looked roughly 835 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 21Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy57 million ly
apartIC 32Lenticular66 million ly
apartIC 70Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical150 million ly
apartNGC 7809Irregular150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 33Galaxy57 million ly
apartIC 32Lenticular66 million ly
apartIC 70Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical150 million ly
apartNGC 7809Irregular150 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).