IC 913
IC 913
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 913 as it looked roughly 429 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 933Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 905Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 906Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 911Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 914Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4313Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 905Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 906Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 911Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 914Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4313Elliptical28 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).