IC 985
IC 985
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 985 as it looked roughly 414 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 spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 981Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 5366Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 5680Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 981Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 5366Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 5442Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 5680Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular54 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).