IC 960A
IC 960A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 960A as it looked roughly 307 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 965Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 963Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 960BLenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 963Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 960BLenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral22 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).