IC 893
IC 893
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 893 as it looked roughly 283 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 892Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5197Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5202Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5095Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5196Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5197Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5202Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5095Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5196Elliptical19 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).