IC 996
IC 996
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 996 as it looked roughly 143 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 995Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5430Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5430Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral19 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).