IC 287
IC 287
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 287 as it looked roughly 180 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
NGC 1195Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1162Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1234Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1162Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1247Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1242Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1234Spiral14 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).