IC 75
IC 75
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
572 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 572 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 75 as it looked roughly 572 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 57Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 62Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 53Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 1620Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 1646Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 61Lenticular63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 62Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 53Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 1620Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 1646Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 61Lenticular63 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).