IC 176
IC 176
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 176 as it looked roughly 209 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 138Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 565Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 207Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 788Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 565Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 207Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular29 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).