IC 4189
IC 4189
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4189 as it looked roughly 224 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
NGC 4986Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4956Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular17 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).