IC 485
IC 485
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
388 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 388 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 485 as it looked roughly 388 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 484Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 486Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular23 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).