IC 4785
IC 4785
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4785 as it looked roughly 171 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 4775Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 4757Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 4807Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 4718Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4829Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4753Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4757Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 4807Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 4718Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4829Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4753Elliptical12 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).