IC 4877
IC 4877
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4877 as it looked roughly 151 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 4875Irregular2.4 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6754Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4856Irregular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6754Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical16 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).