IC 773
IC 773
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 773 as it looked roughly 258 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 3136Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral20 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4588Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4058Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4307ASpiral20 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4588Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4058Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral24 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).