IC 4654
IC 4654
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4654 as it looked roughly 243 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 4644Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4661Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6653Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6557Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 4747Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4647Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4661Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6653Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6557Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 4747Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4647Lenticular26 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).