IC 781
IC 781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 781 as it looked roughly 63 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 4262Elliptical190,000 ly
apartIC 3096Spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4377Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 3077Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular3.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3096Spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4377Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 3077Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular3.1 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).