IC 4804
IC 4804
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4804 as it looked roughly 226 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 6733Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 4784Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 4759 NED02Irregular9.6 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4784Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 4778Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 4766Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 4759 NED02Irregular9.6 million ly
apartIC 4750Lenticular9.8 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).