IC 863
IC 863
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 863 as it looked roughly 118 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
NGC 5030Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5017Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular10 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).