IC 975
IC 975
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
862 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 862 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 975 as it looked roughly 862 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 4415Spiral93 million ly
apartIC 1015 NED01Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1015 NED02Spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 5539Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4428Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 956 NED01Spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1015 NED01Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1015 NED02Spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 5539Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4428Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 956 NED01Spiral120 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).