IC 990
IC 990
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 990 as it looked roughly 358 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 5541Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5515Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5497Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5625 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5572Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5515Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5497Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5625 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5572Barred spiral26 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).