IC 1763
IC 1763
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1763 as it looked roughly 214 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 775Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 686Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 749Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 686Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral19 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).