IC 739
IC 739
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 739 as it looked roughly 328 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 3832Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3808ASpiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3929Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3808BBarred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3954Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3808ASpiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3929Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3808BBarred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3954Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3883Barred spiral19 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).