IC 4674
IC 4674
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4674 as it looked roughly 205 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 4680Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6545Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6614Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 4698Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6545Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6614Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 4698Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular13 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).