IC 1915
IC 1915
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
943 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 943 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1915 as it looked roughly 943 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 1942 NED02Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 1974Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral83 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular95 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1974Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1961Spiral83 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular95 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular100 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).