IC 870
IC 870
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 870 as it looked roughly 310 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 868Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartIC 866Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 867Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 885Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4978Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 866Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 867Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 885Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5092Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4978Lenticular19 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).