IC 1776
IC 1776
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1776 as it looked roughly 159 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 825Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 827Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 208Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 211Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 851Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 645Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 827Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 208Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 211Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 851Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 645Barred spiral18 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).