IC 1806
IC 1806
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
484 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 484 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1806 as it looked roughly 484 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 1803Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1802Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1804Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 1832Lenticular43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1802Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1804Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 1832Lenticular43 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).