IC 856
IC 856
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 856 as it looked roughly 189 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 860Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4215Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5172Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5190Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4712Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4215Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5172Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5190Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4712Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical37 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).