IC 814
IC 814
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
696 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 696 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 814 as it looked roughly 696 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 3824Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 3819Galaxy130 million ly
apartIC 833Galaxy140 million ly
apartNGC 3965Lenticular160 million ly
apartNGC 4991Barred spiral180 million ly
apartIC 807Elliptical200 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3819Galaxy130 million ly
apartIC 833Galaxy140 million ly
apartNGC 3965Lenticular160 million ly
apartNGC 4991Barred spiral180 million ly
apartIC 807Elliptical200 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).