IC 963
IC 963
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 963 as it looked roughly 304 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 960BLenticular2.0 million ly
apartIC 965Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 960ABarred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 965Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 960ABarred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical12 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).