IC 758
IC 758
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 758 as it looked roughly 60 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 3945Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4041Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3796Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4221Lenticular4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4041Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3796Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4221Lenticular4.5 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).