IC 862
IC 862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 862 as it looked roughly 425 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 4047Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4154Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 897Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 5151Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 905Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4154Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 897Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 5151Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 905Elliptical51 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).