IC 775
IC 775
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 775 as it looked roughly 360 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 3147 NED01Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3091Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3091Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular8.5 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).