IC 4810
IC 4810
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
149 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
175k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 149 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4810 as it looked roughly 149 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 6753Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 4817Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6699Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4817Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6699Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral11 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).