IC 4823
IC 4823
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
515 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 515 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4823 as it looked roughly 515 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 4834Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4744Irregular47 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 4774Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 4976Spiral68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4744Irregular47 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 4774Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 4976Spiral68 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).