IC 1954
IC 1954
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1954 as it looked roughly 50 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 1933Spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 1914Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1249Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 1896Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1914Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1249Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 1896Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2004Lenticular4.4 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).