IC 859
IC 859
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 859 as it looked roughly 327 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 858Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartIC 881Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 867Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 881Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 867Spiral21 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).