IC 4750
IC 4750
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4750 as it looked roughly 223 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 4741Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4738Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 4743Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4738Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 4743Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular6.6 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).