IC 1825
IC 1825
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1825 as it looked roughly 239 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 1046Elliptical39 million ly
apartIC 1771Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 844Galaxy41 million ly
apartIC 193Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 182Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1770Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1771Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 844Galaxy41 million ly
apartIC 193Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 182Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1770Lenticular44 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).