IC 889
IC 889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
645 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 645 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 889 as it looked roughly 645 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 5186Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 898Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 5071Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 901Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5059Spiral67 million ly
apartIC 4223Barred spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 898Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 5071Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 901Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5059Spiral67 million ly
apartIC 4223Barred spiral70 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).