IC 737
IC 737
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 737 as it looked roughly 193 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 736Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4012Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2779Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2762Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3863Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4012Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2779Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2762Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3863Barred spiral22 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).