IC 829
IC 829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 829 as it looked roughly 231 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 4877Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4924Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4924Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular16 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).