IC 4887
IC 4887
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4887 as it looked roughly 205 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 4899Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 4971Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4853Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4985Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6872Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4971Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4853Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4985Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6872Barred spiral15 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).