IC 4607
IC 4607
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
923 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
193k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 923 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4607 as it looked roughly 923 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 6027DSpiral140 million ly
apartIC 1166 NED01Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1166 NED02Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 4639Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 4588Elliptical200 million ly
apartNGC 6148Barred spiral210 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1166 NED01Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1166 NED02Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 4639Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 4588Elliptical200 million ly
apartNGC 6148Barred spiral210 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).