IC 1812
IC 1812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1812 as it looked roughly 241 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 939Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 1796Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 889Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 893Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1810Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1796Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 889Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 893Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1810Spiral12 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).