IC 1844
IC 1844
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1844 as it looked roughly 317 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 1843Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 1085Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy3.4 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1085Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy3.4 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral13 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).