IC 189
IC 189
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
575 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 575 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 189 as it looked roughly 575 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 1748Barred spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 816Galaxy81 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical88 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 1752Galaxy96 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical98 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 816Galaxy81 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical88 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 1752Galaxy96 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical98 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).