IC 3740
IC 3740
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3740 as it looked roughly 121 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 4529Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 851Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5012Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3298Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5016Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3365Irregular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 851Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5012Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3298Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5016Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3365Irregular17 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).