About IC 1835
IC 1835 is a rare galaxy. It sits in the constellation Ari.
A whole group of galaxies bound together, the same kind of structure our Milky Way belongs to.
Rare galaxy 47 EP
IC 1835
RA 40.9548° · Dec 14.8896° · openngc
Score breakdown
· 4 badgesRare 50 pts → Epic
- Galaxy group +26
- Galaxy +14
- Elliptical galaxy +4
- On the zodiac +3
Total score 47
3 more points to reach Epic.
Badges
- Galaxy · +14
- Galaxy group · +26
- Elliptical galaxy · +4
- On the zodiac · +3
Trivia
What it actually is
- What it actually is. A whole group of galaxies bound together, the same kind of structure our Milky Way belongs to.
- Elliptical. An elliptical galaxy: a smooth swarm of stars on randomly tilted orbits, with almost no cold gas left to build anything new.
Sense of scale
- Sense of scale. Groups like this are the bricks of the cosmic web: the largest structures gravity has had time to build.
- Scale. Home to hundreds of billions of stars — a universe unto itself, and every one of those points of light could have planets.
Find it in the sky
- Where to look. You'll find it in the constellation Aries.
- Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
- Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around October — that's when to go looking.
Its true colour
- Red and dead. Ellipticals glow reddish because every short-lived blue star they ever had has already died. Astronomers call them 'red and dead'.
Properties
- constellation
- Ari
- dso type
- GGroup
- hubble
- E
- name
- IC 1835
- size arcmin
- 0.72
- surface brightness
- 23.82
How to see it
Look for IC 1835 in the constellation Ari.
Like any astronomical target, IC 1835 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why IC 1835 is a rare galaxy
IC 1835 scores 47 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Galaxy, Galaxy group, Elliptical galaxy and On the zodiac — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.