IC 4702
IC 4702
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4702 as it looked roughly 214 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 4734Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4692Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4783Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4739Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4692Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4783Barred spiral15 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).