IC 4485
IC 4485
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
640 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 640 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4485 as it looked roughly 640 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 4479Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4477Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4508Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral81 million ly
apartIC 4532Elliptical88 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4477Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4508Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral81 million ly
apartIC 4532Elliptical88 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).