IC 4771
IC 4771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4771 as it looked roughly 262 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 4809Galaxy9.8 million ly
apartIC 4794Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4803Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6776Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4713Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4760Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4794Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4803Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6776Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4713Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4760Lenticular22 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).