IC 1750
IC 1750
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1750 as it looked roughly 264 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 741Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 742Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 150Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 174Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 742Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 150Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 174Lenticular20 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).