IC 4139
IC 4139
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
880 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 880 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4139 as it looked roughly 880 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 4130Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 4148Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4095Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4148Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4095Barred spiral22 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).