IC 4710

{{Short description|Irregular galaxy in the constellation Pavo}}

{{Infobox galaxy

|name=IC 4710

|image=A frenzy of stars IC 4710.jpg

|caption=Hubble Space Telescope image of IC 4710

|credit=|epoch=J2000

|type=Irr{{cite book

|last1=Dunlop|first1 = Storm

|title=Atlas of the Night Sky

|publisher=Collins

|year=2005

|doi=

|isbn = 978-0-00-717223-8}}
SB(s)m{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for IC 4710

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=IC+4710

| access-date=2024-03-26 }}

|ra = {{RA|18|28.3}}

|dec = {{DEC|-66|58}}

|dist_ly = {{convert|10.3|Mpc|Mly}}

|z =

|appmag_v = 11.9

|size_v = 3.6{{prime}} × 2.8{{prime}} (36,000 light-years in diameter)

|constellation name = Pavo

|notes=

| names = LEDA 61922, IRAS 18235-6700,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/hubble-dwarf-irregular-galaxy-ic-4710-05758.html|title=Hubble Observes Dwarf Irregular Galaxy IC 4710 {{pipe}} Astronomy {{pipe}} Sci-News.com|website=Breaking Science News {{pipe}} Sci-News.com|date=26 February 2018 }} PGC 61922, ESO 103-22

}}

IC 4710 is a galaxy in southern constellation of Pavo, roughly 34 million light-years away. Discovered on August 18, 1900 by astronomer DeLisle Stewart, this galaxy is composed of bright stars, with bright pockets — marking bursts of new star formation — scattered around its edges.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1809a/|title=A frenzy of stars|website=www.spacetelescope.org|publisher=ESA/Hubble|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=2020-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025055918/https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1809a/|url-status=dead}} It has a diameter of 36,000 light-years.

IC 4710 is classified as a dwarf peculiar galaxy and a magellanic spiral. As the name suggests, such galaxies are irregular and chaotic in appearance but may have bars and single spiral arms — they are distinctly different from larger spirals or ellipticals. It is thought that irregular galaxies may once have been spirals or ellipticals, but became distorted over time through external gravitational forces during interactions or mergers with other galaxies. Dwarf irregulars in particular are important to our overall understanding of galactic evolution, as they are thought to be similar to the first galaxies that formed in the Universe.

IC 4710 lies in the southern constellation of Pavo (The Peacock), which also contains the spiral galaxy which is a Milky Way mimic, NGC 6744.