IC 939
IC 939
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 939 as it looked roughly 328 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 940Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5329Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5270Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5329Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral16 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).