IC 4815
IC 4815
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4815 as it looked roughly 393 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 4849Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4953Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 4894Galaxy77 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular85 million ly
apartIC 4909Barred spiral97 million ly
apartIC 4914Barred spiral98 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4953Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 4894Galaxy77 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular85 million ly
apartIC 4909Barred spiral97 million ly
apartIC 4914Barred spiral98 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).