IC 961
IC 961
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
844 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
199k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 844 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 961 as it looked roughly 844 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 5287Elliptical72 million ly
apartNGC 5259 NED02Elliptical93 million ly
apartIC 956 NED01Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 956 NED02Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 4331Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 4416Elliptical140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5259 NED02Elliptical93 million ly
apartIC 956 NED01Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 956 NED02Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 4331Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 4416Elliptical140 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).