IC 885
IC 885
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 885 as it looked roughly 317 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 866Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 867Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 868Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 870Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 867Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 868Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 870Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral15 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).