IC 940
IC 940
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 940 as it looked roughly 326 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 939Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5329Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5270Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5329Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral16 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).