IC 4619
IC 4619
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4619 as it looked roughly 481 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 1224Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4620Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1219Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6243Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 4609Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 6233Lenticular56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4620Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1219Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6243Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 4609Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 6233Lenticular56 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).