IC 910
IC 910
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 910 as it looked roughly 377 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 909Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 4322Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 916Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 949Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4297Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4314Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4322Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 916Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 949Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4297Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4314Elliptical32 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).