IC 4961
IC 4961
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABd
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4961 as it looked roughly 265 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 4994Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6854Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 4927Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6854Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 4927Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral20 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).