IC 762
IC 762
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
335 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 335 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 762 as it looked roughly 335 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 763Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3082Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 3095Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3122Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3082Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 3095Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3122Barred 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).