IC 4737
IC 4737
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4737 as it looked roughly 228 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 4759 NED02Irregular3.9 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 4738Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4766Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 4738Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular6.7 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).