IC 4800
IC 4800
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4800 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
IC 4781Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 4769Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 4799Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4795Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4769Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 4799Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4795Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4755Spiral6.7 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).