IC 989
IC 989
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 989 as it looked roughly 353 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 5501Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 986Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5551Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 992Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 986Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5551Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 992Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular21 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).