IC 1742
IC 1742
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1742 as it looked roughly 455 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 695Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 719Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 606Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1753Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1752Galaxy61 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 719Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 606Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1753Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1752Galaxy61 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular62 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).