IC 4799
IC 4799
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4799 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 4805Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 4790Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4801Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 4790Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral6.4 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).