IC 1736
IC 1736
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1736 as it looked roughly 240 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 711Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 722Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 675Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 722Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 677Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 675Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral26 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).