IC 951
IC 951
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 951 as it looked roughly 189 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 5622Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5250Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 907Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5368Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5225Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5250Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 907Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5368Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5225Elliptical29 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).