IC 738
IC 738
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 738 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 3633Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4454Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4289Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3976Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 723Irregular25 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4454Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4289Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 3976Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 723Irregular25 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral27 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).