IC 1996
IC 1996
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
838 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
224k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 838 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1996 as it looked roughly 838 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 spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1965Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 1964Barred spiral77 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular79 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular81 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1965Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 1964Barred spiral77 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular79 million ly
apartIC 1920Lenticular81 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).