IC 4847
IC 4847
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4847 as it looked roughly 201 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 6736Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6734Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6718Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4790Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6734Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6718Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4790Barred spiral11 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).