IC 1949
IC 1949
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
335 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 335 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1949 as it looked roughly 335 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 1937Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1877Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2020Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 2060Elliptical67 million ly
apartNGC 1578Spiral69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1877Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2020Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 2060Elliptical67 million ly
apartNGC 1578Spiral69 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).