IC 4814
IC 4814
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4814 as it looked roughly 208 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 4806Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 6721Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 4830Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4851Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4827Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4793Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6721Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 4830Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4851Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4827Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4793Barred spiral11 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).