IC 873
IC 873
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 873 as it looked roughly 290 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 871Barred spiral640,000 ly
apartIC 876Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5060Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5159Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5050Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 876Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5060Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5159Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5050Lenticular17 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).