IC 866
IC 866
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 866 as it looked roughly 318 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 867Spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 868Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 885Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 870Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 868Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 885Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 870Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 869 NED01Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical14 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).