IC 1745
IC 1745
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
558 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 558 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1745 as it looked roughly 558 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 734Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 144Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 667Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 725Spiral69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 144Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 667Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 725Spiral69 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).