IC 1813
IC 1813
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1813 as it looked roughly 211 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 1811Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 964Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 897Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1816Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 964Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 897Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1864Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1165Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1816Barred spiral29 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).