IC 1874
IC 1874
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1874 as it looked roughly 231 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
NGC 1167Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 278Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 304Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 305Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1207Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1901Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 278Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 304Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 305Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1207Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1901Lenticular19 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).