IC 4875
IC 4875
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4875 as it looked roughly 148 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 4877Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular11 million ly
apartNGC 6754Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6788Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular11 million ly
apartNGC 6754Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical15 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).