IC 785
IC 785
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 785 as it looked roughly 208 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 786Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4329Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4188Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 766Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4263Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4329Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4188Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 766Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4263Spiral13 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).