IC 960B
IC 960B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 960B as it looked roughly 303 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 963Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 960ABarred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 965Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 960ABarred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 965Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral24 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).