IC 748
IC 748
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 748 as it looked roughly 448 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 2991Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3037Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 3043Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3174Spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3037Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 3043Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3174Spiral50 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).