IC 4618
IC 4618
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4618 as it looked roughly 139 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 4633Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4608Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 4635Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5967Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4608Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 4635Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5967Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral16 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).