IC 4843
IC 4843
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4843 as it looked roughly 185 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
NGC 6782Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6770Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 4854Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6769Spiral8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4845Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6770Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 4854Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6769Spiral8.7 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).