IC 787
IC 787
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 787 as it looked roughly 430 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 3567Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3024Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 3174Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3761Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3043Spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3024Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 3174Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3761Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3043Spiral55 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).