IC 4983
IC 4983
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4983 as it looked roughly 304 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 4923Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 5012Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6845ABarred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6845BBarred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5012Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6845ABarred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6845BBarred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral33 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).