IC 4639
IC 4639
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
802 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 802 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4639 as it looked roughly 802 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 6148Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 4607Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 4588Elliptical190 million ly
apartIC 4590Elliptical200 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical250 million ly
apartNGC 6274 NED01Barred spiral250 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4607Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 4588Elliptical190 million ly
apartIC 4590Elliptical200 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical250 million ly
apartNGC 6274 NED01Barred spiral250 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).