IC 4744
IC 4744
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
549 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 549 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4744 as it looked roughly 549 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 4823Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 4834Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4774Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular93 million ly
apartIC 4822Barred spiral98 million ly
apartIC 4841Spiral99 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4834Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4774Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular93 million ly
apartIC 4822Barred spiral98 million ly
apartIC 4841Spiral99 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).