IC 4761
IC 4761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4761 as it looked roughly 232 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 4786Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4709Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4818Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 4722Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4734Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4777Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4709Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4818Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 4722Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4734Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4777Lenticular26 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).