IC 950 NED02
IC 950 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
568 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
163k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 568 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 950 NED02 as it looked roughly 568 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 901Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 898Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 5186Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 4443Barred spiral90 million ly
apartNGC 5373Elliptical92 million ly
apartIC 864Barred spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 898Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 5186Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 4443Barred spiral90 million ly
apartNGC 5373Elliptical92 million ly
apartIC 864Barred spiral100 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).