IC 4944
IC 4944
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4944 as it looked roughly 277 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 4927Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6854Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4961Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4994Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4989Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6854Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4961Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4994Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4989Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral23 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).