IC 761
IC 761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 761 as it looked roughly 257 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 3974Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4201Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3970Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4225Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4201Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3970Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4225Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical23 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).