IC 4187
IC 4187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
531 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 531 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4187 as it looked roughly 531 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 4188Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4201Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 3940Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4118Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4103Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4108Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4201Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 3940Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4118Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4103Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4108Elliptical24 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).