IC 4834
IC 4834
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
519 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
168k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 519 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4834 as it looked roughly 519 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 4823Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4744Irregular47 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 4774Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4976Spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4744Irregular47 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 4774Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4976Spiral64 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).