IC 4738
IC 4738
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4738 as it looked roughly 222 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 4743Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4741Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 4781Lenticular8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4750Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4741Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 4781Lenticular8.8 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).