IC 1916
IC 1916
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
561 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 561 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1916 as it looked roughly 561 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 1944Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1356Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1932Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1936Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1947Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1950Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1356Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1932Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1936Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1947Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1950Spiral36 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).