IC 4183
IC 4183
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
956 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 956 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4183 as it looked roughly 956 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 4185 NED01Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4181Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4124Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 4113Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4125Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 4141Barred spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4181Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4124Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 4113Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4125Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 4141Barred spiral48 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).