IC 4788
IC 4788
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4788 as it looked roughly 188 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 4820Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 4770Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6746Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6706Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4753Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4838Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4770Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6746Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6706Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4753Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4838Barred spiral13 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).