IC 4184
IC 4184
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
686 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 686 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4184 as it looked roughly 686 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 4145Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3922Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 3893Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 4082Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 3751Spiral68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3922Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 3893Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 4082Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 3751Spiral68 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).