IC 83
IC 83
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
622 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 622 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 83 as it looked roughly 622 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 87Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1629Galaxy39 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy45 million ly
apartNGC 486Galaxy64 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy64 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1629Galaxy39 million ly
apartNGC 462Galaxy45 million ly
apartNGC 486Galaxy64 million ly
apartIC 1678Galaxy64 million ly
apartNGC 492Spiral67 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).