IC 735
IC 735
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 735 as it looked roughly 148 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 3872Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3731Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3853Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3869Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3731Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 3853Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3800Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3799Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3869Spiral10 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).