IC 4840
IC 4840
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4840 as it looked roughly 190 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 4843Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4854Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4842Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4854Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4842Elliptical15 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).