IC 890
IC 890
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 890 as it looked roughly 273 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 5110Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5094Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5047Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4235Galaxy27 million ly
apartNGC 5130Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 4220Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5094Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5047Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4235Galaxy27 million ly
apartNGC 5130Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 4220Spiral30 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).