IC 4837A
IC 4837A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4837A as it looked roughly 134 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 4839Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4837Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4837Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular10 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).