IC 37
IC 37
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
753 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 753 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 37 as it looked roughly 753 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 42Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 38Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular71 million ly
apartIC 60Spiral80 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical91 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical97 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 38Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular71 million ly
apartIC 60Spiral80 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical91 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical97 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).