IC 4797
IC 4797
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4797 as it looked roughly 124 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 6707Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6708Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4839Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6708Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4839Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral10 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).