IC 4845
IC 4845
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4845 as it looked roughly 185 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 6782Spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 4843Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6770Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6769Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4842Elliptical8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4843Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6770Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6769Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4842Elliptical8.6 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).