IC 1960
IC 1960
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1960 as it looked roughly 382 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 1908Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2034Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2037Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1938Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 2021Barred spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2034Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 2037Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1938Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 2021Barred spiral63 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).