IC 812
IC 812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 812 as it looked roughly 202 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 4705Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4780AGalaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 4703Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4778Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4780AGalaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 4703Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4778Lenticular19 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).