IC 929
IC 929
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
953 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
17.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 953 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 929 as it looked roughly 953 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 923Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 922Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 936Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5391Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 4284Spiral170 million ly
apartIC 4285Galaxy180 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 922Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 936Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5391Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 4284Spiral170 million ly
apartIC 4285Galaxy180 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).