IC 995
IC 995
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 995 as it looked roughly 146 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 996Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5430Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5820Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5430Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5820Lenticular20 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).