IC 1758
IC 1758
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1758 as it looked roughly 273 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 682Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 715Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 149Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 715Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 149Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral28 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).