IC 484
IC 484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
378 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 378 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 484 as it looked roughly 378 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 486Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 485Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular21 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).