IC 994
IC 994
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 994 as it looked roughly 342 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
NGC 5532Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 993Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular19 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).