IC 4148
IC 4148
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
870 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 870 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4148 as it looked roughly 870 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 4139Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4130Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4170 NED01Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4128Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4130Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4170 NED01Elliptical29 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).