IC 828
IC 828
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 828 as it looked roughly 190 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 3826Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4757Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4766Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4708Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4764Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4757Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4766Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4708Spiral10 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).