IC 1965
IC 1965
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
782 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
218k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 782 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1965 as it looked roughly 782 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 1999Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1964Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1996Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular88 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular94 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral96 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1964Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1996Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular88 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular94 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral96 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).