IC 4115
IC 4115
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
498 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 498 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4115 as it looked roughly 498 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 4144Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4027Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4893AElliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4127Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4027Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4893AElliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4127Spiral14 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).