IC 766
IC 766
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 766 as it looked roughly 201 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 4188Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4263Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4177Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4329Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 786Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4263Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4177Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4329Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 786Lenticular12 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).