IC 4752
IC 4752
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4752 as it looked roughly 238 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 4760Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartIC 4779Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4759 NED02Irregular8.8 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4779Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4759 NED02Irregular8.8 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular12 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).