IC 741
IC 741
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 741 as it looked roughly 157 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 723Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 3942Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3660Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3942Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3660Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral32 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).