IC 1779
IC 1779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
447 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 447 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1779 as it looked roughly 447 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 214Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy34 million ly
apartIC 198Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 199Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1820Galaxy61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1786Galaxy34 million ly
apartIC 198Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 199Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1820Galaxy61 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).