IC 4767
IC 4767
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4767 as it looked roughly 165 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 4764Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4723Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4833Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6706Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4753Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4785Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4723Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4833Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6706Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4753Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4785Barred spiral14 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).