IC 4770
IC 4770
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4770 as it looked roughly 195 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 4749Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 4788Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6746Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 6718Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6734Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4788Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6746Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 6718Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6734Elliptical11 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).