IC 1738
IC 1738
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
601 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
163k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 601 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1738 as it looked roughly 601 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 647Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 617Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 144Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 480Spiral79 million ly
apartNGC 734Barred spiral80 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 617Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 144Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 480Spiral79 million ly
apartNGC 734Barred spiral80 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).