IC 1767
IC 1767
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1767 as it looked roughly 246 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 726Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 747Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical14 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).