IC 4803
IC 4803
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4803 as it looked roughly 245 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 4794Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 4760Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4779Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4752Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4809Galaxy14 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4760Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4779Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4752Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4809Galaxy14 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular14 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).