IC 1762
IC 1762
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1762 as it looked roughly 264 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 1769Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 824Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1719Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 639Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1720Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 642Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 824Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1719Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 639Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1720Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 642Barred spiral27 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).