IC 834
IC 834
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
300 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 300 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 834 as it looked roughly 300 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 4819Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 831Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4788Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4728Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 831Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4788Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4728Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical9.6 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).