IC 4975
IC 4975
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
445 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 445 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4975 as it looked roughly 445 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 4957Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4911Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 4894Galaxy61 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral73 million ly
apartIC 4953Barred spiral78 million ly
apartIC 5034Barred spiral80 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4911Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 4894Galaxy61 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral73 million ly
apartIC 4953Barred spiral78 million ly
apartIC 5034Barred spiral80 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).