IC 1819
IC 1819
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1819 as it looked roughly 298 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 1004Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1016Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1008Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1016Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1008Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral16 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).