IC 770
IC 770
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
8k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 770 as it looked roughly 57 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 4129Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4179Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 745Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4123Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4179Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 745Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4123Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical8.9 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).