IC 1930
IC 1930
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
440 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 440 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1930 as it looked roughly 440 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 1918Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 322Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1967Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 315Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 332Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 322Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1967Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1931Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 315Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 332Lenticular25 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).