IC 1900
IC 1900
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1900 as it looked roughly 262 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 1227Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 1901Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1260Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1259Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1273Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1901Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 310Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1260Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 1259Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1273Lenticular24 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).