IC 81
IC 81
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 81 as it looked roughly 186 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 353Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 307Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 351Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1681Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 307Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 351Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1681Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral16 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).