IC 1804
IC 1804
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
447 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 447 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1804 as it looked roughly 447 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 1802Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 1807Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1803Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 1807Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular34 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).