IC 1759
IC 1759
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1759 as it looked roughly 183 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 1724Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1722Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1788Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1722Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1788Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral25 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).