IC 4745
IC 4745
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4745 as it looked roughly 222 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 4741Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6722Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4755Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6722Barred spiral9.8 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).