IC 1754
IC 1754
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1754 as it looked roughly 240 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 174Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 1749Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 706Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1749Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 706Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical20 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).