IC 876
IC 876
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 876 as it looked roughly 286 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 871Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 873Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5060Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5050Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5159Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 873Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5060Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5050Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5159Spiral17 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).