IC 1937
IC 1937
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1937 as it looked roughly 318 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 1949Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1877Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2020Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 1935Spiral58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1877Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2020Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 1935Spiral58 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).