IC 1803
IC 1803
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
449 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 449 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1803 as it looked roughly 449 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 1802Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 1804Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 1807Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1804Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 1807Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical33 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).