IC 4197
IC 4197
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4197 as it looked roughly 141 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
NGC 4968Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartIC 4180Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4993Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4180Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4993Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical14 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).