IC 4498
IC 4498
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4498 as it looked roughly 433 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 4462Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4514Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4512Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4474Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4475Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4514Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4512Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4474Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4475Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral29 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).