IC 4790
IC 4790
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4790 as it looked roughly 206 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 4801Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 4799Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy6.6 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6736Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4799Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy6.6 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6736Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical7.6 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).