IC 744
IC 744
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 744 as it looked roughly 363 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 3926BElliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3910Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3925Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4069Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED02Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4091Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3910Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3925Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4069Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED02Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4091Barred spiral24 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).