IC 965
IC 965
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 965 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 960ABarred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 963Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 960BLenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 963Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 964Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 960BLenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5332Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 946Spiral23 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).