IC 4838
IC 4838
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4838 as it looked roughly 195 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
NGC 6746Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 4842Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4827Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4842Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4827Spiral7.8 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).