IC 4880
IC 4880
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4880 as it looked roughly 244 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 4890Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 4878Galaxy7.9 million ly
apartIC 4861Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4879Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4933Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4878Galaxy7.9 million ly
apartIC 4861Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4879Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4933Barred spiral19 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).