IC 4676
IC 4676
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4676 as it looked roughly 290 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 4691Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 4688Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6375Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4688Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6375Elliptical47 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).