IC 846
IC 846
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 846 as it looked roughly 481 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 4172Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4081Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 3776Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4228Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4154Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4234Spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4081Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 3776Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4228Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4154Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4234Spiral48 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).