IC 1801
IC 1801
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1801 as it looked roughly 189 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 938Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 932Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 932Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral10 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).