IC 1735
IC 1735
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1735 as it looked roughly 541 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 1733Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 816Galaxy55 million ly
apartIC 1752Galaxy65 million ly
apartIC 1792Barred spiral75 million ly
apartIC 1753Elliptical79 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical92 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 816Galaxy55 million ly
apartIC 1752Galaxy65 million ly
apartIC 1792Barred spiral75 million ly
apartIC 1753Elliptical79 million ly
apartIC 226Elliptical92 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).