IC 4936
IC 4936
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4936 as it looked roughly 183 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 4906Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 4939Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4938Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6776ABarred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4939Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4938Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6776ABarred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral18 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).