IC 4754
IC 4754
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4754 as it looked roughly 207 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 4739Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4731Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical5.5 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).