IC 868
IC 868
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 868 as it looked roughly 312 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 870Spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 866Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 867Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 885Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 866Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 867Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 885Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral18 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).