IC 88
IC 88
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
914 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
18.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 914 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 88 as it looked roughly 914 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 70Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 29Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral190 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy200 million ly
apartIC 32Lenticular210 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical230 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 29Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral190 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy200 million ly
apartIC 32Lenticular210 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical230 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).