IC 4765
IC 4765
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
230k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4765 as it looked roughly 209 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 4748Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 4730Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4730Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4731Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical4.6 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).