IC 855
IC 855
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 855 as it looked roughly 362 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 4229Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5036Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 4209Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 5013Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5232Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 4520Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5036Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 4209Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 5013Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5232Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 4520Elliptical60 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).