IC 1730
IC 1730
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1730 as it looked roughly 137 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
IC 167Spiral870,000 ly
apartNGC 694Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 674Spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 694Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 674Spiral8.6 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).