IC 4724
IC 4724
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4724 as it looked roughly 184 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 4773Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6730Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4704Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4787Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6719Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6730Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4704Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4787Barred spiral15 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).