IC 1876
IC 1876
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1876 as it looked roughly 302 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 1899Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1124Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1860Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1858Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1859Barred spiral36 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).