IC 4698
IC 4698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4698 as it looked roughly 214 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 6614Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy8.1 million ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4696Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy8.1 million ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical8.7 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).