IC 1928
IC 1928
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1928 as it looked roughly 197 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 1403Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1319Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1256Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1319Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1256Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular15 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).