IC 4879
IC 4879
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4879 as it looked roughly 248 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 4876Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4880Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4890Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4916Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4861Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4880Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4890Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4916Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4861Spiral24 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).