IC 4822
IC 4822
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
575 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 575 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4822 as it looked roughly 575 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 4841Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4903Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4928Galaxy72 million ly
apartIC 5022Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4903Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4928Galaxy72 million ly
apartIC 5022Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular79 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).