IC 4691
IC 4691
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4691 as it looked roughly 290 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 4676Galaxy7.3 million ly
apartIC 4688Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6635Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4688Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6635Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral50 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).