IC 1882
IC 1882
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1882 as it looked roughly 336 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 1869Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1128 NED01Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1128 NED02Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 307Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 264Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1128 NED01Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 1128 NED02Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 307Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 264Elliptical35 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).