IC 981
IC 981
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
400 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 400 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 981 as it looked roughly 400 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 977Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 985Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5366Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 968 NED02Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 985Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5366Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 968 NED02Elliptical50 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).