IC 1894
IC 1894
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
497 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 497 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1894 as it looked roughly 497 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 1890Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1832Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 279Barred spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 1054Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1977Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 1127Barred spiral75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1832Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 279Barred spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 1054Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1977Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 1127Barred spiral75 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).