IC 1842
IC 1842
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1842 as it looked roughly 299 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 1847Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED02Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 975Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 238Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED02Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 975Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 238Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical24 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).