IC 892
IC 892
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 892 as it looked roughly 293 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 5197Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5202Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 893Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5196Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5202Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 893Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5196Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical18 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).