IC 4835
IC 4835
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4835 as it looked roughly 224 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 4848Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4857Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 4818Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4783Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4804Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4881Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4857Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 4818Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4783Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4804Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4881Barred spiral16 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).