IC 905
IC 905
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
443 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 443 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 905 as it looked roughly 443 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 906Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 911Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 914Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 911Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 914Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical31 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).