IC 969
IC 969
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 969 as it looked roughly 363 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 968 NED02Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5400Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5392Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5400Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5392Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral32 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).