IC 1746
IC 1746
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1746 as it looked roughly 118 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 474Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 470Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 516Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 489Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 502Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 470Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 516Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 489Spiral19 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).