IC 4842
IC 4842
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4842 as it looked roughly 194 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 6771Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 4838Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4854Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 6746Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4838Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4854Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 6746Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6739Lenticular6.9 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).