IC 9
IC 9
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
601 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 601 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 9 as it looked roughly 601 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 284Elliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 285Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 283Spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7758Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 286Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 79Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 285Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 283Spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7758Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 286Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 79Elliptical120 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).