IC 801
IC 801
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 801 as it looked roughly 308 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 4932Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 4232Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 4226Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 853Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 4232Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 4226Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 3921Lenticular48 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).