IC 794
IC 794
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 794 as it looked roughly 90 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 4425Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4482Elliptical4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4461Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4482Elliptical4.0 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).