IC 4726
IC 4726
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4726 as it looked roughly 210 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 4727Elliptical920,000 ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartIC 4730Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy3.2 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4728Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartIC 4730Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy3.2 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular4.0 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).