IC 4854
IC 4854
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4854 as it looked roughly 192 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 6771Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 4842Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 4843Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4842Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 4843Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral9.2 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).