IC 4861
IC 4861
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4861 as it looked roughly 239 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 4878Galaxy7.0 million ly
apartIC 4880Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 4890Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4866Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4848Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4835Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4880Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 4890Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4866Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4848Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4835Spiral17 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).