IC 1859
IC 1859
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1859 as it looked roughly 277 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 1858Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1862Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical43 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).