IC 1956
IC 1956
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1956 as it looked roughly 298 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
NGC 1349Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 338Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 331Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 302Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1219Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 338Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 331Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 302Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1219Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical41 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).