IC 894
IC 894
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 894 as it looked roughly 301 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 5158Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5180Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5180Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical27 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).