IC 896
IC 896
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 896 as it looked roughly 307 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 5235Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5231Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5231Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular17 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).