IC 4714
IC 4714
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4714 as it looked roughly 212 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 4729Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 4758Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4680Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4758Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4680Spiral12 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).