IC 1783
IC 1783
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1783 as it looked roughly 155 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 857Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 1788Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 922Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1724Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1759Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1788Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 922Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1724Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1759Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 491ASpiral32 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).