IC 4841
IC 4841
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
577 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 577 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4841 as it looked roughly 577 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 4822Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4903Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4928Galaxy70 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 5022Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular78 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4903Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4928Galaxy70 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 5022Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular78 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).