IC 1781
IC 1781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
607 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 607 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1781 as it looked roughly 607 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 185Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 186ALenticular22 million ly
apartIC 177Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 173Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 186ALenticular22 million ly
apartIC 177Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 173Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral55 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).