IC 4798
IC 4798
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4798 as it looked roughly 207 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 4793Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4754Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 4799Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4805Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4754Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4765Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 4799Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 4739Barred spiral7.5 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).