IC 860
IC 860
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 860 as it looked roughly 180 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 4215Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 856Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5172Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5190Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 4712Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 856Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5172Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5190Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 4712Barred spiral31 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).