IC 807
IC 807
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
521 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 521 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 807 as it looked roughly 521 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 806Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3819Galaxy74 million ly
apartIC 3824Lenticular95 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular130 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3819Galaxy74 million ly
apartIC 3824Lenticular95 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular130 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral130 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).