IC 4807
IC 4807
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4807 as it looked roughly 165 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 4775Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4829Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4757Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4826Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4829Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4757Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral7.6 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).