IC 964
IC 964
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 964 as it looked roughly 311 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 965Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 960ABarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 963Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 960BLenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 960ABarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 963Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 960BLenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral22 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).