IC 786
IC 786
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 786 as it looked roughly 205 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 4329Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 785Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4188Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4263Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 766Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 785Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4188Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4263Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 766Lenticular12 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).