IC 4894
IC 4894
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4894 as it looked roughly 393 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 4909Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4914Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4975Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 6845DLenticular68 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 4957Barred spiral76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4914Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4975Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 6845DLenticular68 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 4957Barred spiral76 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).