IC 100
IC 100
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 100 as it looked roughly 245 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 116Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 519Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 538Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 519Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 538Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical16 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).