IC 767
IC 767
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 767 as it looked roughly 88 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 4165Spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 3018Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3167Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3018Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3167Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical6.6 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).