IC 107
IC 107
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 107 as it looked roughly 295 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 1704Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 1706Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 476Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 1698Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 463Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1706Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 476Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 1698Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 463Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 569Barred spiral26 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).