IC 772
IC 772
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 772 as it looked roughly 311 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 4213Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 3084Galaxy5.3 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3084Galaxy5.3 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral11 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).