IC 99
IC 99
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
688 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 688 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 99 as it looked roughly 688 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 125Galaxy30 million ly
apartIC 108Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy69 million ly
apartIC 130Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 86Lenticular75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 108Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy69 million ly
apartIC 130Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 86Lenticular75 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).