IC 105
IC 105
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 105 as it looked roughly 455 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 109Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartIC 103Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 435Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1697Lenticular56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 103Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 435Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1697Lenticular56 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).