IC 4791
IC 4791
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4791 as it looked roughly 224 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 6697Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6628Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical35 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).