IC 1863
IC 1863
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1863 as it looked roughly 356 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 1867Galaxy5.4 million ly
apartIC 1868Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1865Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1868Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1865Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral21 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).