IC 3746
IC 3746
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
747 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 747 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3746 as it looked roughly 747 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 3751Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3786Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3904Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3893Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3697Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3890Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3786Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3904Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3893Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3697Barred spiral35 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).