IC 881
IC 881
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 881 as it looked roughly 325 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 882Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 858Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 859Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5180Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 858Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 859Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5180Lenticular18 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).