IC 1797
IC 1797
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1797 as it looked roughly 193 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 932Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 938Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 1801Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 938Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 1801Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral9.7 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).