IC 4774
IC 4774
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
524 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 524 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4774 as it looked roughly 524 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 4744Irregular56 million ly
apartIC 4823Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 4834Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 4976Spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4823Lenticular61 million ly
apartIC 4834Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 4976Spiral110 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).