IC 4712
IC 4712
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4712 as it looked roughly 175 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 4704Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 4705Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4682Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 4724Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6392Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4705Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4682Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 4724Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6392Spiral13 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).