IC 907
IC 907
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 907 as it looked roughly 214 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 5250Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5225Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5368Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4987Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 951Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5225Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5368Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4987Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 951Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular33 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).