IC 4981
IC 4981
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4981 as it looked roughly 179 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 6876Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 6880Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy5.8 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6880Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy5.8 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical7.5 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).