IC 4757
IC 4757
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4757 as it looked roughly 166 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 4775Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 4736Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 4807Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6699Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4785Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4736Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 4807Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6699Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4785Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral12 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).