IC 4743
IC 4743
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4743 as it looked roughly 221 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 4738Spiral1.4 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4781Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 4741Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4750Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4781Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 4741Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral8.9 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).