IC 96
IC 96
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 96 as it looked roughly 205 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 1682Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 499Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 380Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1680Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 499Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 380Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular15 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).