IC 4965
IC 4965
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
778 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
278k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 778 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4965 as it looked roughly 778 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 4902Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4905Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral99 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4905Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral99 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular110 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).