IC 771
IC 771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 771 as it looked roughly 273 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 3060Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3188Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3069Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3382Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3188Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3069Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3382Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral20 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).