IC 4992
IC 4992
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4992 as it looked roughly 196 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 4929Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6876ABarred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 5053Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4899Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 5060Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 5054Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6876ABarred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 5053Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4899Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 5060Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 5054Barred spiral9.5 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).