IC 115
IC 115
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
615 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 615 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 115 as it looked roughly 615 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 459Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1646Spiral91 million ly
apartIC 1645Elliptical99 million ly
apartIC 189Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 1620Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1646Spiral91 million ly
apartIC 1645Elliptical99 million ly
apartIC 189Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 1620Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral110 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).