IC 4682
IC 4682
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4682 as it looked roughly 168 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 4705Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4704Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 6392Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4724Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4704Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 4712Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 6392Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4724Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6719Barred spiral18 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).