IC 4795
IC 4795
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4795 as it looked roughly 215 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 4793Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4781Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 4798Lenticular7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4781Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 4798Lenticular7.9 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).