IC 3732
IC 3732
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3732 as it looked roughly 106 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 4607Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4796Elliptical8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4578Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4796Elliptical8.7 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).