IC 4729
IC 4729
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4729 as it looked roughly 208 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 4714Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 4758Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy10 million ly
apartIC 4790Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4758Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy10 million ly
apartIC 4790Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular12 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).