IC 4766
IC 4766
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4766 as it looked roughly 230 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 4759 NED02Irregular1.5 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 4779Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4784Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 4779Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular6.8 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).