IC 1934
IC 1934
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1934 as it looked roughly 216 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 313Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 301Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1270Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 312Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1233Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 301Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1270Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 293Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 312Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1233Barred spiral19 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).