IC 746
IC 746
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 746 as it looked roughly 234 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 3993Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3997Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4000Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3987Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4018Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3989Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3997Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4000Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3987Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 4018Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3989Barred spiral26 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).