IC 1799
IC 1799
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1799 as it looked roughly 234 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 846Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 812Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 909Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 812Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral22 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).