IC 1784
IC 1784
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1784 as it looked roughly 224 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 1785Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartIC 1789Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 785Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1789Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 785Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical15 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).