IC 4769
IC 4769
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4769 as it looked roughly 213 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 4735Galaxy3.4 million ly
apartIC 4781Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4781Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 4742Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral4.7 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).