IC 1788
IC 1788
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1788 as it looked roughly 165 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 857Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 1783Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1759Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1724Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 922Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1722Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1783Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1759Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1724Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 922Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1722Spiral35 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).