IC 841
IC 841
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 841 as it looked roughly 333 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 4149Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 3759Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4202Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3730Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 854Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4039Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3759Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4202Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3730Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 854Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4039Barred spiral22 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).