IC 4759 NED02
IC 4759 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4759 NED02 as it looked roughly 230 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 4766Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4779Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4737Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4779Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular7.2 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).