IC 780
IC 780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 780 as it looked roughly 315 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 3144Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3300Spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3171Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3300Spiral7.4 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).