IC 966
IC 966
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 966 as it looked roughly 199 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 5386Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5414Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 947Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5382Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5414Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 947Elliptical18 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).