IC 791
IC 791
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 791 as it looked roughly 318 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 3228Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 795Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3377Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3472Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3597Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 795Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3377Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3472Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3597Barred spiral15 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).