IC 87
IC 87
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
594 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 594 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 87 as it looked roughly 594 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 1629Galaxy24 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 500Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 445Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 145Barred spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 83Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 500Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 445Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 145Barred spiral63 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy68 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).