IC 999
IC 999
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 999 as it looked roughly 266 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 1000Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5628Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5490CBarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 982Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5628Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5490CBarred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 982Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular19 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).