IC 813
IC 813
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 813 as it looked roughly 326 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 3661Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3734Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3730Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3597Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3759Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3581Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3734Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3730Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3597Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3759Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3581Barred spiral14 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).