IC 874
IC 874
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 874 as it looked roughly 107 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 4231Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4965Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5078Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4214Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4303Spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4254Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4965Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5078Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4214Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4303Spiral8.5 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).