IC 774
IC 774
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 774 as it looked roughly 426 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 4520Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 4422Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 728Barred spiral77 million ly
apartNGC 4285Spiral79 million ly
apartIC 702Lenticular89 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4422Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 728Barred spiral77 million ly
apartNGC 4285Spiral79 million ly
apartIC 702Lenticular89 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular94 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).