IC 1780
IC 1780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
484 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 484 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1780 as it looked roughly 484 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 212Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1748Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 198Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 199Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral73 million ly
apartNGC 719Lenticular75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1748Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 198Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 199Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral73 million ly
apartNGC 719Lenticular75 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).