IC 882
IC 882
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 882 as it looked roughly 322 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 881Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 858Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 859Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5180Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 858Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 859Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5180Lenticular16 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).