IC 817
IC 817
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 817 as it looked roughly 343 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 816Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3690Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3608Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3670Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3690Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3608Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3670Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular25 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).