IC 4786
IC 4786
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4786 as it looked roughly 234 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 4722Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4709Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4761Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4835Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4818Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4734Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4709Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4761Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4835Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4818Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4734Barred spiral17 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).