IC 997 NED01
IC 997 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 997 NED01 as it looked roughly 323 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 998Galaxy2.3 million ly
apartIC 4401Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5618Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 980Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4401Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5618Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 980Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral34 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).