IC 49
IC 49
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 49 as it looked roughly 213 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
NGC 199Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 186Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 186Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical15 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).