IC 875
IC 875
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 875 as it looked roughly 130 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
NGC 4964Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5218Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5216Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4814Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5218Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5216Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4814Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral18 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).