IC 4749
IC 4749
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4749 as it looked roughly 202 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 4731Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4754Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 4770Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 4730Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4754Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 4770Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 4730Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral7.7 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).