IC 844
IC 844
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 844 as it looked roughly 136 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 3829Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 4180Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4993Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4936Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 4180Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4993Elliptical17 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).