IC 4832
IC 4832
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4832 as it looked roughly 161 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 4826Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4807Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6758Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4807Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical7.7 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).