IC 1895
IC 1895
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1895 as it looked roughly 179 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 1210Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1319Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1301Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1256Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1319Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1301Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1928Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1256Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 1403Elliptical31 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).