IC 736
IC 736
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 736 as it looked roughly 183 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 737Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4012Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3933Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4014Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3934Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4012Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3933Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4014Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3934Spiral20 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).