IC 4829
IC 4829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4829 as it looked roughly 170 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 4807Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6725Lenticular9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4844Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6725Lenticular9.1 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).