IC 4784
IC 4784
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4784 as it looked roughly 227 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 4766Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 4759 NED02Irregular5.1 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 4741Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4804Spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4759 NED02Irregular5.1 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 4741Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4804Spiral6.8 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).