IC 901
IC 901
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
598 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 598 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 901 as it looked roughly 598 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 898Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5186Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 950 NED02Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 889Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 5071Lenticular76 million ly
apartIC 864Barred spiral96 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5186Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 950 NED02Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 889Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 5071Lenticular76 million ly
apartIC 864Barred spiral96 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).