IC 4705
IC 4705
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4705 as it looked roughly 168 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 4704Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 4682Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 6392Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4724Galaxy17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4682Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 6392Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4724Galaxy17 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).