IC 3745
IC 3745
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3745 as it looked roughly 314 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 4685Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3721Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3715Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3721Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 3655Spiral11 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).