IC 4852
IC 4852
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4852 as it looked roughly 207 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 4830Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4827Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4831Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 4885Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4851Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4827Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4831Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 4885Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4851Barred spiral9.8 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).