IC 41
IC 41
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 41 as it looked roughly 187 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 207Spiral580,000 ly
apartNGC 187Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 217Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 209Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 151Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 187Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 217Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 209Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 151Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral19 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).