IC 769
IC 769
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
103 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 103 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 769 as it looked roughly 103 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 3099Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4189Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4168Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4189Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral7.1 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).