IC 4827
IC 4827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
180k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4827 as it looked roughly 203 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 4836Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4831Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 4830Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 4852Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4838Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4831Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 4830Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 4852Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4838Barred spiral7.8 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).