IC 867
IC 867
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 867 as it looked roughly 319 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 866Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 868Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 885Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 870Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 868Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 885Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 870Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical14 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).