IC 854
IC 854
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 854 as it looked roughly 330 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 4202Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 4149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4859Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4957Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 837Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4859Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4957Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 837Spiral21 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).