IC 776
IC 776
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 776 as it looked roughly 114 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 3148Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3225Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular6.9 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).