IC 891
IC 891
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 891 as it looked roughly 301 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 5196Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5202Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5197Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5159Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 904Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5148Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5202Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5197Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5159Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 904Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5148Barred spiral16 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).