IC 4851
IC 4851
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4851 as it looked roughly 209 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 4830Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4884Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 4852Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4857Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4814Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4883Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4884Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 4852Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4857Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4814Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4883Barred spiral11 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).