IC 4950
IC 4950
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4950 as it looked roughly 203 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
NGC 6855Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6862Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6867Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6848Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6862Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6867Barred spiral6.5 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).