IC 4780
IC 4780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4780 as it looked roughly 292 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 4771Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4809Galaxy37 million ly
apartIC 4777Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 6776Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 4794Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 4803Galaxy49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4809Galaxy37 million ly
apartIC 4777Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 6776Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 4794Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 4803Galaxy49 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).