IC 4709
IC 4709
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4709 as it looked roughly 236 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 4689Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 4686Galaxy9.3 million ly
apartIC 4687Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4722Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4692Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4786Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4686Galaxy9.3 million ly
apartIC 4687Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4722Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4692Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4786Barred spiral16 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).