IC 915
IC 915
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
440 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 440 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 915 as it looked roughly 440 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 924Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 927Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 920Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 4364Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 927Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 920Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 4364Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral76 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral77 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).