IC 806
IC 806
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
489 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 489 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 806 as it looked roughly 489 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 807Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 3819Galaxy100 million ly
apartIC 774Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3819Galaxy100 million ly
apartIC 774Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical120 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).