IC 1841
IC 1841
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
659 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 659 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1841 as it looked roughly 659 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 1829Elliptical61 million ly
apartIC 222Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 189Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 222Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 189Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral160 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).