IC 980
IC 980
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 980 as it looked roughly 316 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 998Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 997 NED01Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4401Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 5392Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 5306Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 997 NED01Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4401Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 5392Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 5306Lenticular40 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).