IC 1820
IC 1820
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1820 as it looked roughly 433 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 1786Galaxy39 million ly
apartIC 214Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1028Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 1873Lenticular59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 214Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 1028Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 1873Lenticular59 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).