IC 3734
IC 3734
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
17.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3734 as it looked roughly 317 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 3736Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 813Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3597Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3847Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3661Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3581Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 813Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3597Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3847Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3661Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3581Barred spiral15 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).