IC 4888
IC 4888
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4888 as it looked roughly 116 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 4889Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6889Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4839Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6861ESpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6889Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4839Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6861ESpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular15 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).