IC 4856
IC 4856
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4856 as it looked roughly 155 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 6799Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4877Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6758Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4877Lenticular9.8 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).