IC 797
IC 797
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 797 as it looked roughly 97 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 3637Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3509Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular7.4 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).