IC 954
IC 954
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 954 as it looked roughly 419 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 945Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5671Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5034Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5415Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5671Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5034Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical30 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).