IC 4793
IC 4793
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4793 as it looked roughly 210 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 4798Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 4795Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4754Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4795Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4751Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4754Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral7.5 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).