IC 4778
IC 4778
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4778 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 4779Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4759 NED02Irregular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 4804Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4759 NED02Irregular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 4804Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular8.1 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).