IC 1756
IC 1756
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1756 as it looked roughly 314 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 1761Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 768Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 867Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 768Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 867Lenticular32 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).