IC 835
IC 835
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 835 as it looked roughly 354 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 4827Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4787Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4787Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular10 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).