Galaxy
A starburst galaxy producing new stars at a rate ten times faster than the Milky Way, likely triggered by a close pass with its neighbor.
| Type | Galaxy |
|---|---|
| Galaxy type | Irregular |
| Distance from Earth | 12,000,000 ly |
| Diameter | 378,000,000,000,000,000 km |
| Mass | 6.00 × 10^40 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 8.41 |
| Redshift | 0.000677 |
| Hemisphere | Northern |
| Discovered | 1774 |
At 378,000,000,000,000,000 km across, Cigar Galaxy is 29,665,672,578,873 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 30,165,912,519 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Cigar Galaxy tonight left it around 12,000,000 years ago.
Its light arrives redshifted by z = 0.000677, stretched on the way here by the universe's expansion.
It has been on record since 1774.
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