IC 1739
IC 1739
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1739 as it looked roughly 404 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 1728Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 698Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 696Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 698Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 696Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular33 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).