IC 1764
IC 1764
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1764 as it looked roughly 234 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 765Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 187Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 190Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 776Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 187Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 190Elliptical13 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).