IC 1761
IC 1761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1761 as it looked roughly 325 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
NGC 768Barred spiral1,000,000 ly
apartIC 1756Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 867Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1756Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 867Lenticular36 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).