IC 984
IC 984
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 984 as it looked roughly 238 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 5490Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5513Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5504Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5504BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral13 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5513Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5504Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5504BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral13 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral16 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).