IC 4735
IC 4735
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4735 as it looked roughly 213 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 4728Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4726Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular4.1 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).