IC 768
IC 768
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 768 as it looked roughly 187 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 4012Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4247Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4296Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4297Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 737Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4247Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4296Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4297Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 737Lenticular20 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).