IC 73
IC 73
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 73 as it looked roughly 293 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 550Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 236Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 429Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 467Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 446Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 91Galaxy42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 236Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 429Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 467Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 446Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 91Galaxy42 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).