IC 4801
IC 4801
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4801 as it looked roughly 206 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 4790Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartIC 4799Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4799Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 4748Lenticular7.6 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).