IC 8
IC 8
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 8 as it looked roughly 287 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 6Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 12Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 106Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7832Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 1557Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 161Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 12Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 106Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7832Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 1557Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 161Lenticular21 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).