IC 4781
IC 4781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4781 as it looked roughly 216 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 4769Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 4795Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy5.8 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4800Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 4795Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy5.8 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular6.6 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).