IC 4860
IC 4860
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4860 as it looked roughly 228 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 4862Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 4811Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4859Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6722Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4970Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4745Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4811Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4859Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6722Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4970Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4745Spiral22 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).