IC 90
IC 90
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 90 as it looked roughly 260 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 481Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 116Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 349Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 356Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 342Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 347Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 116Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 349Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 356Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 342Elliptical22 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).