IC 944
IC 944
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 944 as it looked roughly 326 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 948Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 959Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 4337Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 946Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 959Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 4337Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral23 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).