IC 1867
IC 1867
IC 1867 is a galaxy in the constellation Cetus about 360 million ly from Earth. It spans roughly 160,000 ly, about 1.6 times the width of our Milky Way. The light reaching us tonight left it about 360 million years ago.
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1867 as it looked roughly 360 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 1863Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 1868Galaxy8.0 million ly
apartIC 1865Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1868Galaxy8.0 million ly
apartIC 1865Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1166Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1168Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1849Elliptical19 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).