IC 4731
IC 4731
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4731 as it looked roughly 206 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 4730Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4754Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4727Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4754Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical4.5 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).