IC 914
IC 914
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
452 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 452 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 914 as it looked roughly 452 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 911Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 906Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 905Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 906Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 905Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical33 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).