IC 4688
IC 4688
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4688 as it looked roughly 281 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 4691Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 4676Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6635Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6627Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4676Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6635Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6627Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 6549Barred spiral45 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).