IC 4805
IC 4805
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4805 as it looked roughly 209 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 4799Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4798Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 4793Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4798Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 4800Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 4793Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular6.5 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).