IC 783
IC 783
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 783 as it looked roughly 59 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 4350Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 3344Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 3054Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 3096Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4540Spiral3.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3344Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 3054Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 3096Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4540Spiral3.5 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).