IC 4831
IC 4831
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
218k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4831 as it looked roughly 204 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 4827Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 4798Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4852Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4798Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 4805Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4852Barred spiral9.1 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).