IC 1944
IC 1944
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
555 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 555 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1944 as it looked roughly 555 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 1916Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1356Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1947Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1950Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1936Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1932Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1356Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1947Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1950Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1936Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1932Lenticular34 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).