IC 897
IC 897
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
395 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 395 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 897 as it looked roughly 395 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 5151Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5217Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5249Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 910Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 949Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 862Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5217Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5249Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 910Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 949Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 862Elliptical45 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).