IC 1771
IC 1771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1771 as it looked roughly 223 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 193Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 1770Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 182Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 716Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 774Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1770Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 182Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 716Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 774Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 162Lenticular19 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).