IC 4773
IC 4773
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABd
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4773 as it looked roughly 190 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 4724Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6730Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 4787Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4789Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4853Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6730Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 4787Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4789Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4853Barred spiral15 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).