IC 1909
IC 1909
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1909 as it looked roughly 353 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 1860Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 1862Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 1217Spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1862Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1876Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 1217Spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 1899Lenticular77 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).