IC 4730
IC 4730
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4730 as it looked roughly 209 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 4731Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical3.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4726Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical3.8 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).