IC 760
IC 760
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 760 as it looked roughly 104 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 2996Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4106Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4106Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral12 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).