IC 4484
IC 4484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4484 as it looked roughly 210 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 4541Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4578Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4448Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4571Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6183Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4640Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4578Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4448Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4571Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6183Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4640Spiral45 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).