IC 948
IC 948
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 948 as it looked roughly 321 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 946Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 944Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 959Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4337Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 944Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 959Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4337Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral23 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).