IC 865
IC 865
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 865 as it looked roughly 257 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 4975Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4224Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5095Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4218Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4224Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5095Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4218Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral25 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).