IC 4742
IC 4742
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4742 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 4748Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 4730Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy3.8 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4730Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy3.8 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular4.4 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).