IC 1734
IC 1734
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1734 as it looked roughly 236 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 597Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1769Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 633Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1762Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 897Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1763Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1769Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 633Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1762Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 897Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1763Barred spiral30 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).