IC 911
IC 911
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
447 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 447 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 911 as it looked roughly 447 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 906Spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 905Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 914Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 905Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 914Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical30 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).