IC 4772
IC 4772
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4772 as it looked roughly 331 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
NGC 6686Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 6663Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6685Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6657Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6640Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6612Galaxy47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6663Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6685Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6657Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6640Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6612Galaxy47 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).